Title REDD+ Fiscal Regulatory Support
Specialist (National, 1 post)
Department/Unit: EU/PMU
Reports to: Funding Instrument Advisor
Duty Station: Jakarta
Expected Places
of Travel (if applicable): Jambi, West Sumatera, East Kalimantan
and Central Kalimantan
Duration of
Assignment: November 2014 - February 2015
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I.
Background Information
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Context of the REDD+ initiative:
Indonesia is
the third largest emitter of CO2 and the world’s largest emitter from
agriculture, forestry and other land use. Over the past five years,
Indonesia’s annual deforestation rate has averaged around 1 million hectares,
which contributes more than 80 percent of Indonesia’s estimated annual
emissions.
In this
contexts, on May 26, 2010 the Governments of Indonesia and the Kingdom of
Norway signed a Letter of Intent to establish a Partnership for REDD+
(Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) to tackle
greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest and peat land
degradation. REDD+ is a global mechanism which provides an opportunity for
developing countries like Indonesia to move towards a sustainable green
economy. For Indonesia it also offers a way to achieve the Indonesian
government’s voluntary commitment to the world to reduce emissions as much as
26 percent or up to 41 percent with international support by 2020.
Committed to
the cause of reducing emission, the Government of Indonesia has been
designing structure of REDD+ Agency along with the funding/ grant channelling
mechanism as well as monitoring, reporting and verifications (MRV). To
support this, and to make a breakthrough in the field of grant channelling,
the Government of Indonesia has also designing a mechanism of fund
channelling for small grant related to REDD+ issues. In particular, the Fund
for REDD+ Indonesia (FREDDI) is being developed as a credible and accountable
trust fund for REDD+ financing in Indonesia designed under the REDD+ Agency.
The birth of FREDDI trust fund is pivotal to ensure the implementation of
REDD+ as an important step in the development of a green economy, and an
opportunity to reform forest and peat land governance across Indonesia.
Context of this ToR:
The Workstream Funding
Instrument of REDD+ Management Agency is
currently focusing on the establishment of its trust fund, FREDDI (Fund for REDD+
Indonesia). Due to the stipulation of the legal basis, the next step to be
taken by the REDD+ Agency to
launch the funding instrument is to conclude the regulatory product of the institutional establishment of the funding
instruments, which includes the amendment of Presidential Regulation 80/ 2011
on Grant Mechanism, the amendment of Perpres 62/2013 and up to the issuance
of legalization for FREDDI Trust Fund. In addition, as the disbursement
channel of FREDDI will be through National Window and Sub-National Window,
the fiscal regulation for those arrangements must be developed and consulted
to relevant key stakeholders. In order to expedite the process into the
finalization of the amendment, REDD+ Management Agency with the
assistance of UNDP is seeking to engage FREDDI Fiscal Regulatory Support Specialist who will facilitate the
process of high level discussions and negotiation for the amendment
finalization and legalization; and to produce documents for the regulatory
arrangements for National Window and Sub-National Window
Travel Arrangements:
During the contract, the incumbent will
be expected to travel to certain locations as detailed below:
1. Trip to Jambi province will be for three times,
with each trip lasts for 3 days
2. Trip to West Sumatera province for three times,
with each trip lasts for 3 days
3. Trip to East Kalimantan province for four times,
with each trip lasts for 3 days
4. Trip to Central Kalimantan province for three
times, with each trip lasts for 2 days.
Objectives
of Assignment
Overall objective of this assignment
is to seek assistance from Fiscal Regulatory Experts who has vast experience
in developing on legal documents for fiscal regulatory arrangement and
leading high level discussions and series of negotiation, especially in
environment and climate change sectors so that the process of High level
discussions and series of inter-ministerial activities as well as the targeted
output by BP REDD+ can be achieved by referring to the already produced
Recommendation paper and Road Map documents.
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II.
Scope of work
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Scope of work:
1.
Produce
legal memo, briefing notes and policy paper on the legalization of FREDDI
Trust Fund
2.
Review
the amendment drafts for both Presidential Regulation 80/2011 and
Presidential Regulation 62/2013 and adjust the drafts to the present context.
3.
Moderate
and facilitate the negotiation and high level discussion with related key
ministries on the incorporation of FREDDI in the Amendment of Presidential
Regulation 80/2011.
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III. Requirements for Experience and Qualifications |
I. Education:
Bachelor Degree in Law
II. Experience:
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At least 3
years experiences in legal field, preferably prominent legal firm is
essential;
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Excellent knowledge
on REDD and Environment concepts;
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Knowledge of
national and sub-national laws and regulations and international agreements
related to fiscal and banking regulations;
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Ability to
conduct and manage in-depth legal research and review of relevant laws and
regulations on financial investment, especially on forestry and climate
change related investment;
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Ability to
draft Standard Operating procedure for institutional arrangement and
management capacity;
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Ability to work
comfortably at local, national and international levels;
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Solid
knowledge and analytical ability in laws and regulations related to
investment, banking, finance, forestry, environment and other;
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Proven
ability to lead negotiations with third parties to establish and implement
financial instruments;
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Experience
in drafting contracts with third parties to establish and implement financial
mechanisms.
III. Language Requirements:Fluent in written and spoken Indonesian and proficient in EnglishIV. CompetenciesCorporate Competencies:
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Demonstrates integrity
by modelling the UN's values and ethical standards;
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Promotes the
vision, mission, and strategic goals of the organization;
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Displays
cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and
adaptability; and
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Treats all
people fairly without favouritism.
Functional Competencies:
Knowledge Management and Learning:
○ Promotes knowledge management in organization and a learning
environment in the office through leadership and personal example; and
○ Actively works towards continuing personal learning and
development in one or more practice Areas, acts on learning plan and applies
newly acquired skills.
Development and Operational
Effectiveness:
○ Ability to conceptualise issues and analyse data;
○ Ability to coordinate the work of others;
○ Ability to implement new systems (business side), and affect
staff behavioural/attitudinal change;
○ Good knowledge of Results Management Guide and Toolkit; and
○ Ability to demonstrate good knowledge on Climate Change and/or
REDD issues.
Management and Leadership:
○ Builds strong relationships with clients, focuses on impact and
result for the client and responds positively to feedback;
○ Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive,
constructive attitude;
○ Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage
complexities;
○ Leads teams effectively and shows mentoring as well as conflict
resolution skills; and
○ Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
Other Requirements:
In addition to the scope and output
stated above, the incumbent will be required to undertake other ad hoc tasks that may arise
during the contract period. These tasks will be delegated by the incumbent’s workstream
Associate/ Coordinator who will ensure that these ad hoc tasks do not impede on the incumbent’s ability to
meet contractual obligations/deliverables.
All materials and other intellectual
property produced while working under contract including, but not limited to,
documents, presentations, white papers, photographs and other media, will
remain the property of the REDD+ Agency and are required to be submitted to
WG Associate for archiving.
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VI.
Expected Results
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The position is
expected to complete and report the following results during the period of
contract:
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